(November 16, 1946 – April 3, 2000) Terence McKenna was a writer and
philosopher. He was notable for his many speculations on subjects ranging
from the Voynich Manuscript to the origins of the human species to Novelty
theory, which claims time to be a fractal wave of increasing novelty,
which culminates dramatically in 2012. His concept appeared to involve
a combination of hallucinogenic chemical agents, Gaianism, and shamanism.

"I was born Jan 17, 1942, 11:30 AM Sandy, Utah time, during a snowy
blizzard in my Great-Aunt's bed on her birthday. Surely miss her; she
protected me from the howling wolves. Great Aunt Mary, a Viking holy
woman with the Second sight, a tale one day to be told. Thus I am doing
what a registered old Coot does, chewin m' cud and dreaming." Kent

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"Some
day, after we have mastered the wind,
the waves, the tides, and gravity...
we shall harness for God the energies of love...
then, for the second time in the history of the world, we will have
discovered fire..."

Pierre
Teilhard de Chardin

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The Year of 2006 was"Nikola Tesla
Year"
Proclaimed by the governments of Serbia and Croatia, UNESCO, and the
Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada.

Tribute to Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla (Serbian Cyrillic born10 July 1856 - died 7 January
1943) was a world-renowned Serb-American inventor, physicist, mechanical
engineer and electrical engineer. Tesla is regarded as one of the
most important inventors in history. He is well known for his contributions
to the discipline of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th and
early 20th century. Tesla's patents and theoretical work form the
basis of modern alternating current electric power (AC) systems, including
the polyphase power distribution systems and the AC motor, with which
he helped usher in the Second Industrial Revolution.

In the United States, Tesla's fame rivaled that of any other inventor
or scientist in history or popular culture. After his demonstration
of wireless communication in 1893 and after being the victor in the
"War of Currents", he was widely respected as America's
greatest electrical engineer. Much of his early work pioneered modern
electrical engineering and many of his discoveries were of groundbreaking
importance. In 1943, the Supreme Court of the United States credited
him as being the inventor of the radio. Never putting much focus on
his finances, Tesla died impoverished and forgotten at the age of
86.

His contribution was recognised and the derived SI unit measuring
magnetic flux density or magnetic induction (commonly known as the
magnetic field ), the tesla, was named in his honour (at the Conférence
Générale des Poids et Mesures, Paris, 1960).

Tesla's legacy can be seen across the modern world wherever electricity
is used. Aside from his work on electromagnetism and engineering,
Tesla is said to have contributed in varying degrees to the fields
of robotics, ballistics, computer science, nuclear physics, and theoretical
physics. In his later years, Tesla was regarded as a mad scientist
and became noted for making bizarre claims about possible scientific
developments. Many of his achievements have been used, with some controversy,
to support various pseudosciences, UFO theories, and New Age occultism.
Contemporary admirers of Tesla have deemed him "the man who invented
the twentieth century."

TUESDAY,
July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Volunteers who tried the hallucinogenic
ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms during a controlled study funded
by the U.S. government had "mystical" experiences, and many
of them still felt unusually happy months later.The aims of the Johns
Hopkins researchers were simple: to explore the neurological mechanisms
and effects of the compound, as well as its potential as a therapeutic
agent.Although psilocybin -- the hallucinogenic agent in the Psilocybe
family of mushrooms -- first gained notoriety more than 40 years ago,
it has rarely been studied because of the controversy surrounding its
use.This latest finding, which sprang from a rigorously designed trial,
moves the hallucinogen's effect closer to the hazy border separating
hard science and religious mysticism."More than 60 percent of the
volunteers reported effects of their psilocybin session that met the
criteria for a 'full mystical experience' as measured by well-established
psychological scales," said lead researcher Roland Griffiths, a
professor in the departments of neuroscience, psychiatry and behavioral
biology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.What's more, most of
the 36 adult participants -- none of whom had taken psilocybin before
-- counted their experience while under the influence of the drug as
"among the most meaningful and spiritually significant experiences
of their lives," Griffiths said. Most said they became better,
kinder, happier people in the weeks after the psilocybin session --
a fact corroborated by family and friends.The researchers also noted
no permanent brain damage or negative long-term effects stemming from
use of psilocybin.

Warning:
Ayahuasca is not something to play with. It may even kill, not because
it is toxic in itself, but because the body may not be able to stand
the spiritual realm, the vibrations from the spirit world. Pablo said
he had several frightening experiences with ayahuasca. Three times he
thought he was going to die.*

One needs
courage, a strong discipline, and to proceed by degrees. It is a long
process that might take two or three years before one can venture into
the higher realms. One needs a teacher that shows the correct procedures,
and how to defend oneself against supernatural attack. But after some
time, one needs to continue alone, because even one's teacher might
become jealous of one's progress and could take away all one has learned.

*Frightening
ayahuasca experiences are quite frequent. It is common that people take
ayahuasca only once, and are afraid to take it again.